Re: Modularised EDDs?

2008-02-27 Thread Scott Prentice
implemented in DITA-FMx .. the stub files themselves are invalid, but when imported as an inset into the structapps file, work fine. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Hedley Finger wrote: Lynne Price, Kay Whatley and others: The DITA DTDs

Modularised EDDs?

2008-02-27 Thread Scott Prentice
stub files have been implemented in DITA-FMx .. the stub files themselves are invalid, but when imported as an inset into the structapps file, work fine. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Hedley Finger wrote: > Lynne Price, Kay Whatley and ot

Modularised EDDs?

2008-02-27 Thread Scott Prentice
g with variables to define chunks >> of the EDD is a good approach for EDD maintenance. >> Note that this is how the structapp stub files have been implemented >> in DITA-FMx .. the stub files themselves are invalid, but when >> imported as an inset into the structapp

ANN: StructureSnippets plugin available for FM8

2008-01-31 Thread Scott Prentice
Chautauqua conference next month, you'll get a free copy of this plugin. For more info on the conference .. http://www.brightpathsolutions.com/pages/conf/2008chaut/index.html If you have any questions about the plugin, feel free to contact me directly. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice

ANN: StructureSnippets plugin available for FM8

2008-01-31 Thread Scott Prentice
to attend the FrameMaker Chautauqua conference next month, you'll get a free copy of this plugin. For more info on the conference .. http://www.brightpathsolutions.com/pages/conf/2008chaut/index.html If you have any questions about the plugin, feel free to contact me directly. Cheers, ...scott Scot

Re: Closing all files in a book without saving?

2008-01-23 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Marta... This is one feature of our FileTools plugin .. http://leximation.com/tools/info/filetools.php Download and give the 30-day free trial a test drive to see if it's worth buying. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Berman

Closing all files in a book without saving?

2008-01-23 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Marta... This is one feature of our FileTools plugin .. http://leximation.com/tools/info/filetools.php Download and give the 30-day free trial a test drive to see if it's worth buying. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Berman

Re: Whitespace in DITA XML

2007-12-20 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Rick... This is a standard Frame feature .. you'll need to strip the non-content whitespace from the files before opening them. :( ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Rick Quatro wrote: Hello Framers, I am using FrameMaker 8 with DITA. I have

Re: More than one API client in a structured application

2007-12-20 Thread Scott Prentice
to have a wrapper that allowed access to specific import or export events .. hmm. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Rick Quatro wrote: Hi Structured Framers, Is it possible to use more than one API client with a structured application

Whitespace in DITA XML

2007-12-20 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Rick... This is a standard Frame "feature" .. you'll need to strip the non-content whitespace from the files before opening them. :( ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Rick Quatro wrote: > Hello Framers, > > I am using FrameM

More than one API client in a structured application

2007-12-20 Thread Scott Prentice
make sense to have a wrapper that allowed access to specific import or export events .. hmm. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Rick Quatro wrote: > Hi Structured Framers, > > Is it possible to use more than one API client with a struct

Re: HTML to MIF?

2007-12-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Depending on the quality of your HTML, this could be fairly simple to do using Perl. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Adam Robey wrote: So, I'm looking for a way to produce a MIF file from a batch of HTML files. Looking through the list archives

HTML to MIF?

2007-12-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Depending on the "quality" of your HTML, this could be fairly simple to do using Perl. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Adam Robey wrote: > So, I'm looking for a way to produce a MIF file from a batch of HTML files. > > Looki

Re: Shutdown

2007-12-03 Thread Scott Prentice
shutdown /? at a command prompt. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Yves Barbion wrote: Hi Brian, it also happens to me, every now and then, in FM 7.2 and FM 8 when I try to create a PDF file. I still have no idea what the real cause

Shutdown

2007-12-03 Thread Scott Prentice
"shutdown /?" at a command prompt. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Yves Barbion wrote: > Hi Brian, > > it also happens to me, every now and then, in FM 7.2 and FM 8 when I try to > create a PDF file. I still have no id

Re: Can't See the Structure View Window

2007-11-12 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Lin... Are you changing the StructureView/Postiion values in this INI file .. C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Adobe\FrameMaker\7.2\maker.ini Just set the first two values to 0 and it should come back when you restart FM. ...scott Lin Surasky wrote: Hi all-

HTML to Framemaker--automated method?

2007-11-12 Thread Scott Prentice
or "special" coding, you should strip this out before converting. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Jon Harvey wrote: > Everyone, > > I have about 1300 (yes, 1300) text-only (no graphics, maybe no tables > either but I'm not s

Can't See the Structure View Window

2007-11-12 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Lin... Are you changing the StructureView/Postiion values in this INI file .. C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Adobe\FrameMaker\7.2\maker.ini Just set the first two values to 0 and it should come back when you restart FM. ...scott Lin Surasky wrote: > Hi all- > > We

Re: How to verify what was the last release of FrameMaker 7.2

2007-11-08 Thread Scott Prentice
Locate the FrameMaker version/platform in the Support Updates section of adobe.com. FrameMaker for Windows shows 7.2p158 as the most recent update for the English version .. http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=22platform=Windows Cheers, ...scott Maxwell

How to verify what was the last release of FrameMaker 7.2

2007-11-08 Thread Scott Prentice
Locate the FrameMaker version/platform in the Support > Updates section of adobe.com. FrameMaker for Windows shows 7.2p158 as the most recent update for the English version .. http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=22=Windows Cheers, ...scott Maxwell Hoffmann wrote: > I

Re: Tracing the Lineage of Text Insets

2007-11-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Yes .. excellent idea. BTW .. if you want an easy way to make an uber book, check out our ComboBook plugin (it's free) .. http://leximation.com/tools/info/combobook.php ...scott Pinkham, Jim wrote: Very cool idea, Carla. Thanks for this! -Original Message- From: Martinek, Carla

Re: Tracing the Lineage of Text Insets

2007-11-07 Thread Scott Prentice
: Scott Prentice Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 3:50 PM To: Pinkham, Jim Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Tracing the Lineage of Text Insets Hi Jim... A quick test shows me that the name of the referenced inset is visible as plain text within the binary FM file (FM7.2). I can't

Tracing the Lineage of Text Insets

2007-11-07 Thread Scott Prentice
houghts? > > Jim > > -----Original Message- > From: Scott Prentice > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 3:50 PM > To: Pinkham, Jim > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Tracing the Lineage of Text Insets > > Hi Jim... > > A quick test shows m

OT: Send an email when a script finishes

2007-11-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Hey Rick... Unless you're running a web server on the same machine, the easiest way would be to use some command line email utility. Do a Google search on "command line email" and you'll see lots of options. An open source utility called Blat looks interesting. Cheers, ...sc

Tracing the Lineage of Text Insets

2007-11-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Yes .. excellent idea. BTW .. if you want an easy way to make an uber book, check out our ComboBook plugin (it's free) .. http://leximation.com/tools/info/combobook.php ...scott Pinkham, Jim wrote: > Very cool idea, Carla. Thanks for this! > > -Original Message- > From: Martinek,

Re: Tracing the Lineage of Text Insets

2007-11-06 Thread Scott Prentice
be fairly simple to create. Good luck! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Pinkham, Jim wrote: I've learned of an error in a text inset for one of our manuals. It poses the obvious question of how many other manuals may carry the same error

Tracing the Lineage of Text Insets

2007-11-06 Thread Scott Prentice
be fairly simple to create. Good luck! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Pinkham, Jim wrote: > I've learned of an error in a text inset for one of our manuals. It > poses the obvious question of how many other manuals may carry the same &

Re: Distinguishing markers

2007-11-01 Thread Scott Prentice
features). http://leximation.com/tools/info/markertools.php You can see all available marker-related plugins (currently 10) in our Tool Search database .. http://leximation.com/toolsearch/?kwds=marker Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892

Re: looking for FrameMaker install location in the registry

2007-10-31 Thread Scott Prentice
\FrameMaker.exe\Path Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Jakob Fix wrote: Hello, I am preparing an update installer to be deployed by authors in my organisation. The update contains mainly updated EDDs and other supporting files and will be copied

looking for FrameMaker install location in the registry

2007-10-31 Thread Scott Prentice
Paths\Path\FrameMaker.exe\Path Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Jakob Fix wrote: > Hello, > > I am preparing an update installer to be deployed by authors in my > organisation. The update contains mainly updated EDDs and ot

Re: DITA in Frame 7.2

2007-10-17 Thread Scott Prentice
are offering a plugin called DITA-FMx which is available for FM7.2 (and 7.1 if needed). This is available at no cost from .. http://www.leximation.com/dita-fmx/ Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 [EMAIL

DITA in Frame 7.2

2007-10-17 Thread Scott Prentice
are offering a plugin called DITA-FMx which is available for FM7.2 (and 7.1 if needed). This is available at no cost from .. http://www.leximation.com/dita-fmx/ Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 obair81

Re: FrameMaker Console

2007-10-08 Thread Scott Prentice
However, plugins may make use of the console, and I believe that it will still open with this setting disabled. I find that the best thing to do is to leave it open. Once it is open, you can minimize it or let it go to the background and it won't pop to the front any more .. as long as you

FrameMaker Console

2007-10-08 Thread Scott Prentice
However, plugins may make use of the console, and I believe that it will still open with this setting disabled. I find that the best thing to do is to leave it open. Once it is open, you can minimize it or let it go to the background and it won't pop to the front any more .. as long as you

Re: Conditional Build Expression

2007-10-02 Thread Scott Prentice
That *would* be sensible, but FM doesn't seem to allow parens in these expressions. It turns out that the NOT, when used within an expression, must be followed by AND .. and they must not be separated by a space. As in .. Condition A OR Condition B OR Condition C OR Condition D ANDNOT

Conditional Build Expression

2007-10-02 Thread Scott Prentice
That *would* be sensible, but FM doesn't seem to allow parens in these expressions. It turns out that the NOT, when used within an expression, must be followed by AND .. and they must not be separated by a space. As in .. "Condition A" OR "Condition B" OR "Condition C" OR "Condition D"

Re: Mapping of Word styles to Framemaker paragrahps

2007-09-20 Thread Scott Prentice
Chris' plugins are at .. http://www.freeframers.org/freeware/cud/ but TemplateMapper's not there .. I think you have to make a special arrangement for that one. ...scott Susan Modlin wrote: Hi Rebecca, I have Chris' e-mail, but am not sure how he feels about sharing it. I'll contact

Re: BookVars with Frame 8

2007-09-20 Thread Scott Prentice
the maker.ini file .. restart FM8. We plan to have all of our plugins updated to support FM8 by the end of October. If you run into any problems please let me know. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com Flato, Gillian wrote: Has anyone tried BookVars with Frame 8? Any

Mapping of Word styles to Framemaker paragrahps

2007-09-20 Thread Scott Prentice
Chris' plugins are at .. http://www.freeframers.org/freeware/cud/ but TemplateMapper's not there .. I think you have to make a special arrangement for that one. ...scott Susan Modlin wrote: > Hi Rebecca, > > I have Chris' e-mail, but am not sure how he feels about sharing it. I'll >

BookVars with Frame 8

2007-09-20 Thread Scott Prentice
file .. restart FM8. We plan to have all of our plugins updated to support FM8 by the end of October. If you run into any problems please let me know. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com Flato, Gillian wrote: > Has anyone tried BookVars with Frame 8?

Re: problem install framemaker 8 trial version

2007-09-07 Thread Scott Prentice
You definitely don't need to uninstall FM7 to install the FM8 trial. In the dialog that asks for the serial number *should* be an option to choose the 30 Day Trial which doesn't need a serial number. It's right below the serial number fields .. run it again and see if you missed it. ...scott

problem install framemaker 8 trial version

2007-09-07 Thread Scott Prentice
You definitely don't need to uninstall FM7 to install the FM8 trial. In the dialog that asks for the serial number *should* be an option to choose the "30 Day Trial" which doesn't need a serial number. It's right below the serial number fields .. run it again and see if you missed it. ...scott

update imported graphics - scripting/addon solution ?

2007-08-21 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Bj?rn... I'm pretty sure that such a plugin does not exist. I'd be glad to make one for you that does, or you could certainly create a script to do this with FrameScript (http://www.framescript.com/). Feel free to contact me off-list if you need more information. Regards, ...scott Scott

Re: Changing the Way Structured Documents Open

2007-08-13 Thread Scott Prentice
files that are structured, the settings *should* be saved with the file. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, We're using Structured Frame 8. Is there a setting so that when we open documents, they always open

Changing the Way Structured Documents Open

2007-08-13 Thread Scott Prentice
that are structured, the settings *should* be saved with the file. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 ActionA at aol.com wrote: > Hi all, > > We're using Structured Frame 8. Is there a setting so that when we open > documents, they

Re: OT: DITA id attribute values

2007-08-10 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Rick... Your plan looks good. I think that the restrictions are .. - starts with an alpha character - contains alphanumeric, underscore, or hyphen characters - unlimited length (within reason) ...scott Rick Quatro wrote: Hi Framers, I am working on programmatically setting unique id

OT: DITA id attribute values

2007-08-10 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Rick... Your plan looks good. I think that the restrictions are .. - starts with an alpha character - contains alphanumeric, underscore, or hyphen characters - unlimited length (within reason) ...scott Rick Quatro wrote: > Hi Framers, > > I am working on programmatically setting unique id

Re: FM 8 and Math

2007-08-02 Thread Scott Prentice
Dreamer. :) I haven't seen anything like that. ...scott Grant Hogarth wrote: Does FM8 support saving/exporting mathmatical formulas as anything *other* than bitmap graphics? (for example in vector (SVG, PS) or MathML formats)?? Grant Hogarth Senior Technical Writer Equis International

FM 8 and Math

2007-08-02 Thread Scott Prentice
Dreamer. :) I haven't seen anything like that. ...scott Grant Hogarth wrote: > Does FM8 support saving/exporting mathmatical formulas as anything *other* > than bitmap graphics? (for example in vector (SVG, PS) or MathML formats)?? > > > Grant Hogarth > Senior Technical Writer > Equis

FrameMaker 8 and Plugins

2007-07-31 Thread Scott Prentice
Many plugins seem to work fine on FM8. Your best bet is to grab the trial version of FM8 and test them. When you do, send an email to the list and let us know the results. You might also email your plugin vendors and see if they've done any testing. Cheers, ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation

FrameMaker 8 and Plugins

2007-07-31 Thread Scott Prentice
The SaveAs dialog includes FM7.0 as an export option, and it seems to work for me. Did Adobe Support really say that? ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 John Sgammato wrote: > The concern goes beyond plugins - my workflow goes from FM

How To Prevent From Deleting Markers?

2007-07-30 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Angela... We offer a plugin called MarkerTools, which (in addition to lots of other things) will let you know when you delete a marker. You can download it and test drive it for free for 30 days .. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/markertools.php Cheers! ...scott Scott Prentice

Re: Save book as postcript

2007-07-18 Thread Scott Prentice
I can't really answer your question, but as far as I know the latest CudSpan files are here .. http://www.freeframers.org/freeware/cud/ Cheers! ...scott Morten Guldahl wrote: Hi everyone, I've been using the CudSpan DoBatch plugin for some batch manipulation of my FrameMaker books,

Save book as postcript

2007-07-18 Thread Scott Prentice
I can't really answer your question, but as far as I know the latest CudSpan files are here .. http://www.freeframers.org/freeware/cud/ Cheers! ...scott Morten Guldahl wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > > I've been using the CudSpan DoBatch plugin for some batch manipulation > of my

Re: FrameMaker to Wiki conversion

2007-07-17 Thread Scott Prentice
have to do is write an XSL transformation to get to the Wiki format (perhaps not as easy as other options). You might also get some good mileage out of the HTML or XML conversions from Mif2Go .. http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm Good luck! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc

FrameMaker to Wiki conversion

2007-07-17 Thread Scott Prentice
to do is write an XSL transformation to get to the Wiki format (perhaps not as easy as other options). You might also get some good mileage out of the HTML or XML conversions from Mif2Go .. http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm Good luck! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc

ANN: Structure Snippets plugin v.1.00...

2007-07-15 Thread Scott Prentice
to email me with any questions. Thanks, ...scott -- Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send

ANN: Structure Snippets plugin v.1.00...

2007-07-15 Thread Scott Prentice
t hesitate to email me with any questions. Thanks, ...scott -- Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892

Search and replace content of a variable

2007-06-22 Thread Scott Prentice
You might also want to take a look at our BookVars plugin. This lets you define groups of variable definitions and import them into books as needed. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 John

Re: Need some FM tips

2007-06-19 Thread Scott Prentice
numbering or corrupt any XRefs while doing this. We offer a free plugin called ComboBook that builds a book from multiple books .. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/combobook.php ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892

Need some FM tips

2007-06-19 Thread Scott Prentice
e the page and chapter numbering or corrupt any XRefs > while doing this. > We offer a free plugin called ComboBook that builds a book from multiple books .. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/combobook.php ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 > >

Re: system variables inside a user variable?

2007-06-13 Thread Scott Prentice
/Products.html ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to put building blocks inside a user variable? Ideally I'd like to create a variable named CurrentYear that contains only the $year building block. For reasons unknown, I'd

system variables inside a user variable?

2007-06-13 Thread Scott Prentice
/Products.html ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Brian.Darold at sage.com wrote: Is it possible to put building blocks inside a user variable? Ideally I'd like to create a variable named CurrentYear that contains only the <$year> building block. For r

Re: Frame crashes when trying to generate output from DITA map... (cross posting)

2007-06-07 Thread Scott Prentice
PC. Hoping it will work this time. Thanks for your patience! :) Cheers, Gyanesh On 6/7/07, Scott Prentice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gyanesh... Sorry .. I misunderstood which function you were using. I thought you were using the Build FM book from ditamap (yeah, I know you clearly said

Re: Frame crashes when trying to generate output from DITA map... (cross posting)

2007-06-07 Thread Scott Prentice
... haven't created my own yet. The problem is if I have nothing open... and just select Generate Output then also it crashes! Anyway, as I mentioned... I am doing it all over again on my colleagues PC. Hoping it will work this time. Thanks for your patience! :) Cheers, Gyanesh On 6/7/07, Scott Prentice

Re: Text insets: to be or not to be?

2007-06-07 Thread Scott Prentice
level rather than the standard restriction of insets at the file level. (This works very much like the conref mechanism in DITA.) Also .. the plugin is free! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Rene Stephenson wrote: Carla, Thanks for your detailed

Frame crashes when trying to generate output from DITA map... (cross posting)

2007-06-07 Thread Scott Prentice
te Output" then also it crashes! > > Anyway, as I mentioned... I am doing it all over again on my > colleagues PC. Hoping it will work this time. > > Thanks for your patience! :) > > Cheers, > Gyanesh > > > > On 6/7/07, Scott Prentice wrote: >> Hi Gyan

Frame crashes when trying to generate output from DITA map... (cross posting)

2007-06-07 Thread Scott Prentice
t;> and just select "Generate Output" then also it crashes! >> >> Anyway, as I mentioned... I am doing it all over again on my >> colleagues PC. Hoping it will work this time. >> >> Thanks for your patience! :) >> >> Cheers, >> Gyanesh >> >&g

Text insets: to be or not to be?

2007-06-07 Thread Scott Prentice
he element level rather than the standard restriction of insets at the file level. (This works very much like the "conref" mechanism in DITA.) Also .. the plugin is free! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Rene Stephenson wrote: > Car

Frame crashes when trying to generate output from DITA map... (cross posting)

2007-06-06 Thread Scott Prentice
oup (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/framemaker-dita/), since that's the forum where these things are discussed more regularly. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Gyanesh Talwar wrote: > Hey Scott.. thanks again. > > And sorry, I didn't see y

Re: Frame crashes when trying to generate output from DITA map... (cross posting)

2007-06-04 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Gyanesh... I responded to your last posting, but just in case you didn't get it .. you should install the latest FM update (7.2p158). I have seen some odd problems with the version you're using. http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=22platform=Windows ...scott

Frame crashes when trying to generate output from DITA map... (cross posting)

2007-06-04 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Gyanesh... I responded to your last posting, but just in case you didn't get it .. you should install the latest FM update (7.2p158). I have seen some odd problems with the version you're using. http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=22=Windows ...scott Gyanesh

Re: PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-26 Thread Scott Prentice
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Prentice Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 3:20 PM To: Jeremy H. Griffith Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA? Thanks Jeremy .. good

PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-26 Thread Scott Prentice
chcomplus dot com >> www.techcomplus.com >> 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 >> User guides, online help, FrameMaker and >> WebWorks ePublisher templates >> >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: framers-bounces+lindag=

Re: Getting data from xml into Frame was, Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-21 Thread Scott Prentice
to easily diff the versions of the XML file will probably be a big improvement though. Good luck! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Carrie Baker wrote: Slightly connected to this. We have Frame 7.2, not structured and are doing fine. We are a small

Re: Getting data from xml into Frame was, Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-21 Thread Scott Prentice
on structured Frame yet, and am not so famailiar with the terminology, can you explain was an XSLT transformation is? On 5/21/07, Scott Prentice wrote: Hi Carrie... For starters, you should get ahold of an XML diff tool (just google xml diff, and you'll see lots of options) so you can determine

Getting data from xml into Frame was, Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-21 Thread Scott Prentice
he long run will probably save a lot. Just having the ability to easily diff the versions of the XML file will probably be a big improvement though. Good luck! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Carrie Baker wrote: > Slightly connected to this. > We

Getting data from xml into Frame was, Do I need to jump into the Structured FM pool?

2007-05-21 Thread Scott Prentice
> However, since I have not worked on structured Frame yet, and am not > so famailiar with the terminology, can you explain was an XSLT > transformation is? > > On 5/21/07, Scott Prentice wrote: >> Hi Carrie... >> >> For starters, you should get ahold of an XML diff tool (j

Re: PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-20 Thread Scott Prentice
your output through the XSLT transformations in the DITA-OT, you'd do this filtering using a ditavals file.) ABCM - http://www.weststreetconsulting.com/WSC_ABCM.htm Good luck! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Gyanesh Talwar wrote: Thanks

Re: PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-20 Thread Scott Prentice
.. in essence allowing you to have variables within markers (not possible without the plugin). This can give you a type of conditional control within a marker (especially when used in conjunction with BookVars). ...scott Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: On Sun, 20 May 2007 13:30:45 -0700, Scott Prentice wrote

PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-20 Thread Scott Prentice
generating your output through the XSLT transformations in the DITA-OT, you'd do this filtering using a ditavals file.) ABCM - http://www.weststreetconsulting.com/WSC_ABCM.htm Good luck! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Gyanesh Talwar wrote

PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-20 Thread Scott Prentice
ned in your document .. in essence allowing you to have variables within markers (not possible without the plugin). This can give you a type of conditional control within a marker (especially when used in conjunction with BookVars). ...scott Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > On Sun, 20 May 2007 13:30:4

Re: XML - graphics - import

2007-05-19 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Richard... Maybe you could describe what the problem is. I'm assuming that the file isn't opening properly .. but what kind of errors are you getting? Do you have a structapp defined for this XML doctype? ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892

XML - graphics - import

2007-05-19 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Richard... Maybe you could describe what the problem is. I'm assuming that the file isn't opening properly .. but what kind of errors are you getting? Do you have a structapp defined for this XML doctype? ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Allen

Re: PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-18 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Gyanesh... If your main goal is to publish two different sets of content from the same FM source files, I'd think that your best bet is to just use conditional text (show/hide) in unstructured FM files. There are probably benefits you could gain by moving to structure and/or DITA (and it

PDF Content reuse with Frame + DITA?

2007-05-18 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Gyanesh... If your main goal is to publish two different sets of content from the same FM source files, I'd think that your best bet is to just use conditional text (show/hide) in unstructured FM files. There are probably benefits you could gain by moving to structure and/or DITA (and it

Re: Nested ul and ol elements

2007-05-17 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Rick... Grab the DITA App Pack and take a look at the EDD that is part of the DITA-Topic-FM structapp .. I think it will do pretty much what you want (although you may need to take it to additional levels). http://www.adobe.com/go/dita/ Cheers! ...scott Rick Quatro wrote: Hello

Re: FrameMaker.next

2007-05-17 Thread Scott Prentice
I only saw one of the sneak peek sessions, and don't recall hearing anything about XML comments or specifics on DITA support .. but I'd like to point out that the stripping of comments isn't a DITA App Pack issue .. it's a Frame issue .. the App Pack actually warns you about it when you open a

Nested ul and ol elements

2007-05-17 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Rick... Grab the DITA App Pack and take a look at the EDD that is part of the DITA-Topic-FM structapp .. I think it will do pretty much what you want (although you may need to take it to additional levels). http://www.adobe.com/go/dita/ Cheers! ...scott Rick Quatro wrote: > Hello

FrameMaker.next

2007-05-17 Thread Scott Prentice
I only saw one of the sneak peek sessions, and don't recall hearing anything about XML comments or specifics on DITA support .. but I'd like to point out that the stripping of comments isn't a DITA App Pack issue .. it's a Frame issue .. the App Pack actually warns you about it when you open a

Re: DITA for training materials?

2007-05-11 Thread Scott Prentice
to move in this direction, but doing so may open up new opportunities that they hadn't considered. It certainly seems worth investigating. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Pat Christenson wrote: I have a client who wants to move from Word to FrameMaker

DITA for training materials?

2007-05-11 Thread Scott Prentice
in this direction, but doing so may open up new opportunities that they hadn't considered. It certainly seems worth investigating. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Pat Christenson wrote: > I have a client who wants to move from Word to FrameMa

Re: xref help

2007-05-08 Thread Scott Prentice
can talk more about what may be needed. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 That Darned Writer wrote: Thanks, Art. As I wrote to Fred, we are grasping for anything at this point - there are so many now-broken references and (of course) little time. We

xref help

2007-05-08 Thread Scott Prentice
me an email off-list and we can talk more about what may be needed. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 That Darned Writer wrote: > Thanks, Art. As I wrote to Fred, we are grasping for anything at this > point - there are so many now-broken referen

Re: OT: Business insurance for independent contractors

2007-05-01 Thread Scott Prentice
Check out techinsurance.com. We've got both professional liability and business insurance through them and have been very happy with their service and price. If you check around, you'll get wildly differing quotes for supposedly the same coverage. From what I found, most insurance brokers

OT: Business insurance for independent contractors

2007-05-01 Thread Scott Prentice
Check out techinsurance.com. We've got both professional liability and business insurance through them and have been very happy with their service and price. If you check around, you'll get wildly differing quotes for supposedly the same coverage. From what I found, most insurance brokers

Resize anchored frame to fit graphic

2007-04-18 Thread Scott Prentice
We have a free plugin that generates a list of all shortcuts available on your Frame install .. this ends up being a 30-40 page FM file, and is generated based on the commands and plugins currently installed. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/listshortcuts.php Cheers! ...scott Scott

Re: document window size

2007-04-16 Thread Scott Prentice
to give it a whirl. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/restorewindows.php This is most useful for XML files, but also alleviates the problem you describe in a multi-user environment. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Natalie Bircher wrote

document window size

2007-04-16 Thread Scott Prentice
-day trial to give it a whirl. http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/restorewindows.php This is most useful for XML files, but also alleviates the problem you describe in a multi-user environment. ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation, Inc. www.leximation.com +1.415.485.1892 Natalie Bir

Re: need help selecting doc tools

2007-04-14 Thread Scott Prentice
editor (you do want to make sure that it really supports DITA in a useful way). This may be more than you really want to deal with, but it's probably worth looking into. For more info visit the following URL .. http://dita.xml.org/introduction Good luck! ...scott Scott Prentice Leximation

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